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unlikely; improbable

1

failure; mistake; blunder

6

or; either ... or ...

1

difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble

1

casualties; the killed and wounded

1

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

2

new; fresh; novel

1

visitor; caller

1

ornament; decoration

1

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

coat; coating

2

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit

3

survivor

1

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

2

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

1

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

well; now; then

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

5

to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

1

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

3

to settle (in a place); to settle down

1

if so; in that case

1

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

2

decision; settlement; definition

2

fact; truth; reality

3

intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together

1

renting a room

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

2

target

5

enclosure; box; siege

1

relief; rescue

3

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

1

self; oneself

1

self-protection

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

torture to death; torment to death

1

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1